This Entire English Village Can Be Yours for $28 Million

If you've always wanted to be the ruler of your own kingdom (Game of Thrones complex, much?), now is your chance—if your wallet is deep enough. The Telegraph reports that the village of West Heslerton in Yorkshire, England is on the market for £20 million ($28 million). The purchase also includes about 2,116 acres of land surrounding the village, making this kind of a—dare we say—bargain. (Although not quite as much as in the the Sicilian village of Gangi, where they were literally giving houses away.)

The sale includes a 21-bedroom historic hall and 43 houses, as well as a sports pavilion, a pub, and a gas station. According to the Telegraph, the late Eve Dawnay, who owned the property and had no heirs to pass it down to upon her death in 2010 at age 84, hoped that whoever purchased the village would continue to support the local schools and sports teams, as she had. She was also known for offering cheap rents for those living in the village. It's no wonder, then, why Dawnay's sister, Verena Elliott, said, "It would be very hard to find a village with more loyal and lovely people living in it."

Tom Watson of Cundalls estate agency called the sale "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." It will, of course, require a very specific buyer, and those who love the village hope that whoever purchases it will maintain its character—perhaps while also bringing in new sources of revenue. The Dawnay family owned the village for 150 years, and Eve had inherited it following the death of her father in the 1960s.

As Elliot explained, "There is a real sense of community, which is hard to find these days. There are generations of families who have lived in the estate houses. In fact, there was a time when nobody ever seemed to move away. I can't say strongly enough what the village and the people who have lived there meant to my family."